3.0% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gympie - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Gympie - South, where only 3.0% of residents use another language at home. This makes it far less linguistically diverse than most Australian areas. The linguistic makeup of the community has remained very stable over the last decade.
English and the largest community languages.
A vast majority of people speak only English at home (92.2%), with the 3.0% who speak other languages including small numbers of Tagalog and Punjabi speakers. Very few people struggle with English, as the 0.3% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure.
3.0% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Gympie - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319031513/gympie-south/topic/language